Pictured is Hwang, during his lecture. Photographed by Kim DaHyun.
By Kim DaHyun (byejen@korea.ac.kr)
Korea University¡¯s (KU) College of Liberal Arts has been hosting special lectures as part of ¡®Park Jun-gu (¡¯62, Philosophy) Charity Fund¡¯s College of Liberal Arts Invitational Special Lectures with Notable Figures.¡¯ On December 3, the second special lecture in the series was hosted, featuring novelist Hwang Sok-yong. The lecture was held at room 132 in the College of Liberal Arts building.
Born in Manchuria in 1943, novelist-slash-Vietnam War veteran Hwang Sok-yong is an alumnus of Dongguk University (DU) and has written various bestselling books such as The Road to Sampo (1987), The Old Garden (2000), and Gebabbaragibyeol ¡°Evening Star¡± (2008). Hwang has received many of Korea¡¯s most prestigious literary awards and was shortlisted for the Prix Femina Etranger.
Hwang discoursed on his creative process, the censorship of literature, and Korean literature. During the talk, Hwang said, ¡°The Old Garden is a self-biography—it is my story. In it is expressed my experiences of visiting North Korea, seeking asylum, and going to prison. This was because I believed my story needed to be told before I could go back to being a novelist after 10 years of vacuum in my career.¡± He also spoke out about the importance of languages and expressed his anguish over lost languages during colonial periods.
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